Integration of the cancer registry and clinical research departments can have a significant impact on the accreditation process of a Commission on Cancer(Co C) Program.Here in we demonstrate that the integration of bo...Integration of the cancer registry and clinical research departments can have a significant impact on the accreditation process of a Commission on Cancer(Co C) Program.Here in we demonstrate that the integration of both departments will benefit as there is increased knowledge, manpower and crossover in job responsibilities in our Co C-accredited Academic Comprehensive Cancer Center.In our model this integration has led to a more successful cooperative interaction among departments, which has in turn created an enhanced combined effect on overall output and productivity.More manpower for the cancer registry has led to increased caseloads, decreased time from date of first contact to abstraction, quality of data submissions, and timely follow-up of all patients from our reference date for accurate survival analysis along with completeness of data.In 2016, our Annual Facility report showed an additional 163 cases over prediction by the state of Maryland Cancer Registry and a 39% increase in case completeness.As proof of the synergetic effectiveness of our model within one year of its implementation, the cancer center was able to apply for, and was awarded membership from Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Central IRB, and in turn led to increased clinical trial accrual from 2.8% in 2014 compared to 13.2% currently.Our cancer registry in year one submitted over 150 more cases than predicted, improved quality outcome measures displayed by our Cancer Program Practice Profile reports and had more timely and complete data submissions to national and state registries.This synergetic integration has led to a better understanding, utilization and analysis of data by an integrated team with Clinical Research expertise.展开更多
Large volumetric expansion of cathode hosts and sluggish transport kinetics in the cathode–electrolyte interface,as well as dendrite growth and hydrogen evolution at Zn anode side are considered as the system problem...Large volumetric expansion of cathode hosts and sluggish transport kinetics in the cathode–electrolyte interface,as well as dendrite growth and hydrogen evolution at Zn anode side are considered as the system problems that cause the electrochemical failure of aqueous Zn-vanadium oxide battery.In this work,a multifunctional anti-proton electrolyte was proposed to synchronously solve all those issues.Theoretical and experimental studies confirm that PEG 400 additive can regulate the Zn^(2+) solvation structure and inhibit the ionization of free water molecules of the electrolyte.Then,smaller lattice expansion of vanadium oxide hosts and less associated by-product formation can be realized by using such electrolyte.Besides,such electrolyte is also beneficial to guide the uniform Zn deposition and suppress the side reaction of hydrogen evolution.Owing to the integrated synergetic modifica-tion,a high-rate and ultrastable aqueous Zn-V_(2)O_(3)/C battery can be constructed,which can remain a specific capacity of 222.8 m Ah g^(-1)after 6000 cycles at 5 A g^(-1),and 121.8 m Ah g^(-1) even after 18,000 cycles at 20 A g^(-1),respectively.Such“all-in-one”solution based on the electrolyte design provides a new strategy for developing high-performance aqueous Zn-ion battery.展开更多
This paper presents the development of improved synergetic current control for the injected current of an inverter in the grid-connected microgrid and the distributed generation system(DGS). This paper introduces new ...This paper presents the development of improved synergetic current control for the injected current of an inverter in the grid-connected microgrid and the distributed generation system(DGS). This paper introduces new formulas of the macro-variable functions for integral synergetic control(SC)and integral fast terminal SC, which both have an integral term to guarantee zero steady-state error. The proposed integral SC and integral fast terminal SC achieve a seamless performance such as the fast convergence, minimal overshoot, zero steady-state error, and chattering-free operation. To demonstrate the meritorious performance of the proposed scheme for injected current control, it is compared with the performance of a proportional-integral(PI) controller and advanced exponential sliding mode control(SMC). Finally, the practicality of the proposed scheme is justified by experimental results obtained through rapid control prototyping(RCP) using the dSPACESCALEXIO platform.展开更多
文摘Integration of the cancer registry and clinical research departments can have a significant impact on the accreditation process of a Commission on Cancer(Co C) Program.Here in we demonstrate that the integration of both departments will benefit as there is increased knowledge, manpower and crossover in job responsibilities in our Co C-accredited Academic Comprehensive Cancer Center.In our model this integration has led to a more successful cooperative interaction among departments, which has in turn created an enhanced combined effect on overall output and productivity.More manpower for the cancer registry has led to increased caseloads, decreased time from date of first contact to abstraction, quality of data submissions, and timely follow-up of all patients from our reference date for accurate survival analysis along with completeness of data.In 2016, our Annual Facility report showed an additional 163 cases over prediction by the state of Maryland Cancer Registry and a 39% increase in case completeness.As proof of the synergetic effectiveness of our model within one year of its implementation, the cancer center was able to apply for, and was awarded membership from Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology, Central IRB, and in turn led to increased clinical trial accrual from 2.8% in 2014 compared to 13.2% currently.Our cancer registry in year one submitted over 150 more cases than predicted, improved quality outcome measures displayed by our Cancer Program Practice Profile reports and had more timely and complete data submissions to national and state registries.This synergetic integration has led to a better understanding, utilization and analysis of data by an integrated team with Clinical Research expertise.
基金financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22178221,51774203)Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(Nos.JCYJ20200109105805902,JCYJ20200109105801725)+1 种基金Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Nos.2021A1515110751)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Nos.2021M702255)。
文摘Large volumetric expansion of cathode hosts and sluggish transport kinetics in the cathode–electrolyte interface,as well as dendrite growth and hydrogen evolution at Zn anode side are considered as the system problems that cause the electrochemical failure of aqueous Zn-vanadium oxide battery.In this work,a multifunctional anti-proton electrolyte was proposed to synchronously solve all those issues.Theoretical and experimental studies confirm that PEG 400 additive can regulate the Zn^(2+) solvation structure and inhibit the ionization of free water molecules of the electrolyte.Then,smaller lattice expansion of vanadium oxide hosts and less associated by-product formation can be realized by using such electrolyte.Besides,such electrolyte is also beneficial to guide the uniform Zn deposition and suppress the side reaction of hydrogen evolution.Owing to the integrated synergetic modifica-tion,a high-rate and ultrastable aqueous Zn-V_(2)O_(3)/C battery can be constructed,which can remain a specific capacity of 222.8 m Ah g^(-1)after 6000 cycles at 5 A g^(-1),and 121.8 m Ah g^(-1) even after 18,000 cycles at 20 A g^(-1),respectively.Such“all-in-one”solution based on the electrolyte design provides a new strategy for developing high-performance aqueous Zn-ion battery.
基金supported by the University of Sharjah (No. 20020403142 and No. 21020403178)。
文摘This paper presents the development of improved synergetic current control for the injected current of an inverter in the grid-connected microgrid and the distributed generation system(DGS). This paper introduces new formulas of the macro-variable functions for integral synergetic control(SC)and integral fast terminal SC, which both have an integral term to guarantee zero steady-state error. The proposed integral SC and integral fast terminal SC achieve a seamless performance such as the fast convergence, minimal overshoot, zero steady-state error, and chattering-free operation. To demonstrate the meritorious performance of the proposed scheme for injected current control, it is compared with the performance of a proportional-integral(PI) controller and advanced exponential sliding mode control(SMC). Finally, the practicality of the proposed scheme is justified by experimental results obtained through rapid control prototyping(RCP) using the dSPACESCALEXIO platform.
